RE: Inconsistant Fdisk Data

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:
:Hi Y'all;
:
:In the process of trying to create an additional DFBSD/UFS partiton,
:I've happend to get the following fdisk responses:
:...

    The DOS slice structure can't store values larger then 1023 in
    the cylinders field.  It looks like FreeBSD is just capping it
    at 1023, while DragonFly is letting it roll over.

    The DOS slice structure has a separate 'start' and 'size' field
    which are 32 bit ints which are now almost universally used instead
    of the head/sector/cylinder fields.

					-Matt